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Reserve Bank decision to hold interest rate at 3.6% labelled “very cruel”
“The Reserve Bank has once again chosen to be content with rising unemployment", says economist
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Policy without politics: the cost of centrist consensus
Australia’s two major parties are being warned they face electoral wipe-out at the polls if they continue to pander to pragmatism.
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Follow the Money: Government still ignoring climate reality
More than half a million Australians could be at risk from rising sea levels yet the Federal Government continues to approve new fossil fuel projects.
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This Week in America: American fascism, RFK Jr and Australia's recognition of Palestine
Catch up on what you may have missed coming from the United States this week.
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In Australia we tax work relentlessly and transparently, while we let wealth quietly compound
Two decades ago, the total household wealth of all Australian was equal to 5.7 times household income. Today it’s 8.8. That jump isn’t because workers got lazy.
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Colombia announces fossil fuel phase-out summit to be held in 2026
It comes after years of research and evidence that shows the best way to limit the devastating impact of climate change is to phase out the burning of fossil fuels.
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Trump ‘snub’ actually a win for Albo
A quick meeting is a good meeting, as the saying goes, but no meeting at all might be best outcome for Prime Minster Anthony Albanese in New York this week, according to two leading experts.
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This Week in America: Charlie Kirk, Ted Cruz, and Afghanistan
What's happening in the US? Here's a weekly round up of news sources that you can trust.
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There's a flaw with GST - and it's costing state budgets billions of dollars every year
States and territories will miss out on between $25 and $26 billion in the next financial year and $107 and $122 billion over the forward estimate, according to new data.
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Measuring What Matters. If you don’t measure, does it really matter?
A leading economist says the federal government has made a mess of its noble ambition to measure Australians’ wellbeing.












